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1. A Miscellany

   ... sensitive. An example of this occurred recently in Connecticut, where a Catholic Diocese organized a protest on the state house ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

2. Passing or Improving Ethics Codes: Problems and Solutions

   ... State ethics codes in Connecticut and Wisconsin (and probably elsewhere) have recently run into a ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-01-23 11:35 - 1 comment

3. Ethics Reform: League of Women Voters Versus Town of Greenwich

   ... local CT government ethics codes I did several years ago for Connecticut Common Cause, in which I gave Greenwich's ethics code a score of 3 ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

4. Confusing Pre-Existing Conflicts with Conflicts Created by Events

   ... created by events. The person, in this case, is Connecticut gubernatorial candidate past and future Tom Foley, who testified ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

5. The State-Local Obstacle to Ethics Reform

   ... One of the biggest obstacles to ethics reform in some U.S. states and Canadian provinces is the possibility of state enforcement of local ethics. For example, in Connecticut, there has been talk for years at the state level about either ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

6. When an Emotional Wrench Is Thrown into an Ethical Issue, What Do You Do?

   ... At a meeting of my own town's executive board in Connecticut (our legislature is a Town Meeting; olde New England), the subject ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

7. Does the Constitution Truly Require Pay-to-Play? The New Campaign Finance Lawsuit in New York City

   ... the public campaign financing program in New Haven , Connecticut last year. For me, it was an area of municipal ethics I knew little ... violate the free speech and equal protection clauses of the U.S. Constitution, but they also discriminate against minorities. The limits ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

8. Where Ethics Provisions Should Appear and Not Appear

   ... will go on for some time. A similar problem arose in Connecticut, but it related not to a constitutional amendment, but to a law. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-06-18 14:09 - 0 comments

9. The Witch Hunt Argument Against Ethics Commissions with Teeth

   ... local government ethics codes can be state ethics laws. In Connecticut, for example, state laws seriously limit how much local ethics ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

10. Municipal Attorneys' Conflicting Obligations: A Case Study

    ... The board of education in a wealthy, medium-sized Connecticut town is represented by a large law firm that represents 80 boards ... they shouldn't be coming into our town and trying to harm us.' When a town is too small to have in-house counsel, can it expect any ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

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